What does that mean in practical terms? How do we define that "group" in the 
Modeler?

On Nov 3, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Michael Gentry wrote:

> EOModeler had model groups where you could reference external models.
> That's probably the approach Cayenne Modeler would need to take.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> This is one of the unsolved things. The relationships between DataMaps are 
>> supported in runtime (all DataMaps are loaded in a single namespace, so 
>> entities can reference each other freely).
>> 
>> During modeling I am not sure how we can do that. We just had this 
>> discussion in my company recently, but no solution yet. If there are ideas 
>> how that can be implemented, let's discuss.
>> 
>> Andrus
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 3, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Hugi Thordarson wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all!
>>> 
>>> Most of our projects share a set of common DB tables (users, permissions 
>>> etc). The code and cayenne.xml for these entities resides in a standalone 
>>> project, works great.
>>> However, I'm wondering if I can create relationships from entities in our 
>>> client projects to entities in the common project? And if so, do I have to 
>>> do it in code, or is there any way for CayenneModeler to pick up the 
>>> entities in the common project, so I can model the relationships in the GUI?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> - hugi
>>> 
>>> 
>>> PS:  I started a huge thread regarding outer joins, and I haven't had the 
>>> time to respond yet. Preparing a massive thesis on that one ;-)
>> 
>> 
> 

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